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PXX - Polarx Limited today closed up 18% to finish at 1.3c on $100k stock traded. There was no news out today but last week they released its quarterly which highlighted a recent updated scoping study for its Alaska Range Copper Gold Project.
The scoping study evaluates sequential mining and processing options for the high-grade Caribou Dome VMS Copper deposit and the nearby Zackly Copper-Gold-Silver skarn deposit.
The study has delivered an increase in economics with a pre-tax net present value (NPV) of $625m (previously $310m) and a pre-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of 73.9% (previously 38.6%).
Ongoing metallurgical test-work is intended to further enhance copper recovery at Caribou Dome and gold recovery at Zackly.
PXX had also conducted a series of metallurgical tests designed to improve copper recovered via conventional flotation of mineralised material from Caribou-Dome.
Optimised test results showed a substantial improvement in both recovered copper (to 87.9%) and the grade of concentrate produced (to 21.7%),
Some highlights from last week's quarterly are listed below:
DECEMBER 2023 QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT
ALASKA RANGE PROJECT, ALASKAIn January 2024, PolarX Limited announced the results of an updated scoping study (2024 Scoping Study) for its Alaska Range Project.
- Conventional cleaner flotation test work improved Caribou Dome results with 89.7% copper recovered to a marketable concentrate grading 21.7%
- Updated scoping study undertaken on the basis of the improvements in metals recovery and concentrate grades, which delivered boosted projected economic returns: o
- Pre-Tax NPV7 doubled from A$310M to A$625M
- Pre-Tax IRR increased from 38.6% to 73.9% o Mine Life EBITDA increased from A$882M to A$1,269M
- Average annual free cashflow over 9.5 years mining increased from A$82m to A$120M
- Other outcomes from the testwork and 2024 Scoping Study included:
- 83% of the material proposed to be mined falls in the Measured and Indicated resource categories
- Comminution testing indicates that the mineralisation at Caribou Dome is moderately soft, and the flotation recoveries were achieved at a coarser primary grind sizes requiring less energy than in previous test-work
- Ongoing metallurgical test-work is intended to further enhance copper recovery at Caribou Dome and gold recovery at Zackly
- Ongoing oxidative leaching and solvent extraction test work also shows potential to further boost copper recovery, minimise freight costs and eliminate refinery charges
- Mineralisation is known to continue 150m below the current resource at Caribou Dome and a future underground mine could again extend the modelled mine-life
The 2024 Scoping Study was based on the results of copper concentrate flotation test-work undertaken by Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc. (Ausenco) during the December quarter.
Ausenco conducted a series of metallurgical tests designed to improve copper recovered via conventional flotation of mineralised material from Caribou-Dome.
Optimised test results showed a substantial improvement in both recovered copper (to 87.9%) and the grade of concentrate produced (to 21.7%), across a 12-hole domain-weighted composite sample representative of the mineralisation within Caribou Dome.
The 2024 Scoping Study addressed and quantified the significance of these two key improvements, without changing any other key inputs.
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